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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 396120" data-attributes="member: 9385">I've been seeing a trend among UNIX sysadmins, at least, of which I am one along with a slew of other OSes, who are switching to Mac because it's essentially a UNIX machine with a really slick GUI.&nbsp; For portables, it's a great way to have a Real UNIX that you can take everywhere with you.Sure, a great number of us run Linux, but what a Mac offers is a UNIX that you don't have to tinker with to get it to do what you want.&nbsp; I used to run Linux and got kind of tired of having to mess with my own computer which is why I switched.&nbsp; Sure, I can run Photoshop and Office on my Linux desktop at work with Codeweavers Crossover Office's optimized Wine and I did for quite a long time, but why not just have a machine that has native versions of those apps and a whole bunch more?Macs run Windows too, and in the Real World, sometimes you have to do Windows like things when you work with computers for a living.&nbsp; Best of all worlds, really.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 396120, member: 9385"] I've been seeing a trend among UNIX sysadmins, at least, of which I am one along with a slew of other OSes, who are switching to Mac because it's essentially a UNIX machine with a really slick GUI. For portables, it's a great way to have a Real UNIX that you can take everywhere with you. Sure, a great number of us run Linux, but what a Mac offers is a UNIX that you don't have to tinker with to get it to do what you want. I used to run Linux and got kind of tired of having to mess with my own computer which is why I switched. Sure, I can run Photoshop and Office on my Linux desktop at work with Codeweavers Crossover Office's optimized Wine and I did for quite a long time, but why not just have a machine that has native versions of those apps and a whole bunch more? Macs run Windows too, and in the Real World, sometimes you have to do Windows like things when you work with computers for a living. Best of all worlds, really. [/QUOTE]

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